The city of Des Moines and the 6th Avenue Corridor Urban Neighborhood Main Street Program are breaking ground on Phase I of the 6th Avenue Corridor Streetscape Project at 11:30 a.m. Feb. 28 at 1714 Sixth Ave., according to a release.

The Des Moines Bicycle Collective is now the Street Collective, a new name that reflects a broader mission of making things better for walkers, bus riders, bicyclists and other travelers trying to share the road with vehicles — or to find their own route.

In about 20 years, the growing use of electric vehicles could take a quarter-billion-dollar-a-year hit on a state fund relied upon to finance better roads, the Iowa Department of Transportation said Tuesday.

While many view Cedar Rapids’ automated traffic cameras as unforgiving speed traps that deprive citizens the chance to plead their case to a live ticket-writing officer, the program does not violate motorists’ due process rights, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled today.

The Federal Aviation Administration has begun what usually is a five- to 10-year process that could end with Des Moines International Airport getting a new flight control tower, or an overhaul of the current one.

When I was reporting for the Des Moines Register in 1985, I wrote a story about Omaha-based Godfather’s Pizza magnate Willy Theisen’s $500,000 40th birthday celebration trip to London aboard the supersonic Concorde with nearly 100 friends.